Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-10
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0wsrnor Forsksr, q ohss. has sur
gFised tie ssantsy By ansoanein0 fhat
hs posiiigsly vii nos aseers snsthss
ssrrn, end ma he % spoaas % rsaurnsas
soon e peszasIs 20 private life. = y
said that Be essn sontenplates rssigH
inR bofoEs he expiration Of his pEsnsnf
tsrm.
Unfn Issg Foraker wss eompaf
atixeiy unknoEn m8n- he sns
lsoksd upoa IL CsnsinnaGf 81 bFieht
yoang iagysr vkoss pFospsets vsrs
good II his health, which was Eoos. I'm
proved, bat oafsids fhas city hs was
listls known. The kspuolissn party Of
Ohio vas IL 3 bsd ssy thss rear. and,
azpsoiing 20 Be beaten. il snxioa.iy
sought SONS one Who sppe4ssd abls 70
lead forIorn heDe with sozns credit %
The party. FoFAkes vas selected for ths
aasriass, and be was dominated fos
Governor, mech 70 tie surprise Of ali
mesf everybody.
He VS. badly beaten b Governor
H1adly. bat durine the canvass be COS
duetsd himself with 20 much dignity,
dispiayed % mneh ability and made %
many frisnds. that two yeaFs later be
uas able 20 sseafe tbs noninsiios Oh
his inertia. This time the tables NeFe
turned. Foraker dcfsased Hoadiy b. .
large msiorisy and ia JsnaaFy, 1886. be
sntsrsd upon the term - Governor
which Il nos about half somplessd-
His administration has been q sue-
cess, ana Goysrnor Foraker apparently
grew ntronRer With bis party a. time
passed. He could have been nominated
for second term alsssf vithsut eppo-
sitIon. He woula stand 81 excellent
ehsnos Of being chosen United States
senator II either Of the Ohio ssais IN
that BODY should become .vaesnt--a net
very improbable contingency, ~ both
sherman and Payne are fsF from being
young men. he has even been men
toned b. enthusiastic friends - .
candidate fer the Presidency, and n
was not 81 ell imprsbabls THAI he
should be nominated fOr TIE Vice Prssi-
dsnsy 10 Csc Of an eastern man seeuF-
ine The frsi plass Oh the ticket
euddsnly and without warning, how
ever, Foraker upssts al Of these ealeu-
Iations b. announcing bis intsntisn 70
retire 70 private life ~ tbs earliest pos
sibls msmsnt. This is shs more sur
prialng ainos be has heEstsfoEe bsen am
biaious for rolitioAi pFsfssment, and
has apparently bess governed IN all Of
his moves By desire 70 advance bis
political fortunes. After getting The
Ohio " maehinsS pretty veil under his
control. be Voluntarily fslinquiahes u,
and snrrendsrs bis bright prospects.
II Is no wonder that general surprise Is
expressed ct biz Dissemination. and that
bis fellow politicians fairly stand aehast
aiit.
No atiempt IL made 10 explain the
Goysrnor's discrimination. He wants
10 return 10 private life, and be certain
" has right 10 do 30 II he chooses.
His lav practice prior 70 hia eleokion Is
Governor was said 10 be worth forty
shousAnd dollars year, and Il ia, per
haps, NOS lnoomprehensible that be
should prefer shat income TO the salary
Of four thousand dollars which Ohio
allsws her Governor. Aud, thea, be
nnay think that bis political prospects
win be even brighter after be has de-
voted himself for . few years TO bis
practice. He Is ssiIl young man. and
be may reappoar in politics some time
in the futnre.